Nelson against Napoleon
Subtitle: from the Nile to Copenhagen, 1798-1801
By: edited by Robert Gardiner.
Contributors: Gardiner, Robert, 1949-
Series: Chatham pictorial histories
Publisher: Naval Institute Press; In association with the National Maritime Museum; Chatham Pub.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md; [Greenwich?]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Adversaries.; Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 -- Military leadership.; France. Marine -- History -- 18th century.; Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 18th century.; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Naval operations.; Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801 -- Naval operations -- Pictorial works.; Nile, Battle of the, Egypt, 1798.; Copenhagen, Battle of, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1801.; Warships -- France -- Pictorial works.; Warships -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
Description: The second of the Chatham Pictorial Histories devoted to the great wars of 1793-1815, this volume charts the naval events of 1798 to 1801, a period which saw the frustration of Napoleon's destiny before Acre, and which included two of Nelson's greatest victories, at the Nile and Copenhagen.

The Royal Navy fought alongside some exotic allies during this period, including the Russians, Turks and Neapolitans, all of whom are represented, while the new navy of the United States, going into action for the first time in the Quasi-War with France, is also covered in this volume.

For Britain this continued to be an essentially maritime war, and the illustration sources are particularly rich in naval material for these years. As with the rest of the series, the visual emphasis is on the contemporary and original, and Nelson against Napoleon reproduces many previously unpublished images.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-187) and index.